AVON (AP) — A 54-year-old Avon man is held on $250,000 bail after a nearly 13-hour standoff with police.

Avon police said Monday that Brian Benjamin was booked on charges including assault, making a threat and interfering with an officer after being treated at a hospital for what police said were "superficial" injuries sustained during his arrest. He is to appear Wednesday in Hartford Superior Court.

Police said the incident began after a dispute between Benjamin and a roommate Sunday afternoon. The woman left the house and Benjamin barricaded himself inside. Police said he was armed, and threatened violence against police officers and himself. Neighbors were evacuated as a precaution while police negotiated with him.

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